“Semtex” started the AXS TV-broadcast main event at a measured
pace, gradually finding his range with chopping low kicks before
landing his jab to da Silva’s head and body. As the first frame
waned, both men started to throw more freely, a trend which would
carry over into the second stanza.

Daley began to throw his right hand more frequently to open the
middle period, cracking “Junior Killer” with a sharp right hook. Da
Silva gamely returned fire, but it would soon matter little, as
Daley faked an overhand that caused the Brazilian to raise his
guard, leaving him exposed a moment later for the vicious left
uppercut that instantly turned out his lights and caused him to
slump lifelessly to the canvas.

“I heard my corner say to throw the overhand right. One of them
caught him, but I could see he was expecting it, so I faked
[another] one. He thought I was going to go with the right again,
but then I threw the left,” Daley said. “I knew [the fight was
over]. You can tell by the way they fall. He wasn’t getting up from
that.”

Mansour
Barnaoui successfully defended his BAMMA lightweight title in
the evening’s main event, submitting UFC alumnus Colin
Fletcher with a rear-naked choke to close out a wild first
round.

Barnaoui burst out of the gate guns blazing, blitzing “Freakshow”
with a barrage of punches and dropping him with a sharp left hook.
Though Fletcher popped right back to his feet, he was met with more
punishment, as “Tarzan” drilled him with knees from the Thai plum
and hard right hands from a single collar tie.

“The Ultimate Fighter: Smashes” finalist managed to turn the tables
briefly, however, connecting with a crisp flurry of punches that
snapped Barnaoui’s head back and sent him to the canvas. The
Englishman quickly pounced and tried to finish the fight with a
brabo choke, but Fletcher could not find his squeeze.

After wriggling free of the hold, the champion took Fletcher’s back
during a scramble and locked up a body triangle, trapping the
Brit’s arm in the process. With only one hand left to play defense,
Fletcher could not prevent the 21-year-old titlist from locking up
a rear-naked choke and coaxing the tap 4:00 into the opening
frame.

“I trained very hard, and I didn’t take [Fletcher] lightly. I was
really ready, and I knew what I needed to do,” Barnaoui said
through a translator. “I didn’t even want to imagine that [he]
would finish [me]. I didn’t have any room for that. I just wanted
to go and finish it. I don’t have any fear. I’ll fight anyone.”

Bellator veteran Jim
Wallhead violently knocked out French talent Florent
Betorangal to kick off the evening’s televised broadcast,
hoisting the 30-year-old with a high crotch before slamming him
into unconsciousness early in the third round. “Judo” followed the
high-impact takedown with a pair of superfluous elbows from side
control, signaling referee Marc Goddard
to halt the bout and award Wallhead the eighth knockout victory of
his career.

Earlier, French featherweight Tom
Duquesnoy put forth a dominant performance against James
Saville in their undercard contest, controlling the 145-pound
confrontation from start to finish. Duquesnoy floored the
Englishman with a hard left hook in the first round and then
stuffed the 23-year-old’s increasingly desperate takedown attempts
in the second stanza before pounding out “Scraps” with 56 seconds
remaining in the period.